Governor

List of current Indian governors

In the Republic of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-nine states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President’s pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor’s name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President’s rule, or reserve bills for the President’s assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the central government–appointed governor. The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Delhi and Puducherry are headed by lieutenant-governors. Since Delhi and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers, the role of the lieutenant-governor there is a mostly ceremonial one, akin to that of a state’s governor. The other four union territories—Chandigarh; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman and Diu; and Lakshadweep—are governed by an administrator. Unlike the administrators of other territories, who are drawn from the Indian Administrative Service, since 1985 the Governor of Punjab has acted as the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.

Contents

1Current governors of states

2Current lieutenant governors and administrators of union territories

Current governors of states

State(past governors)

Name

Portrait

Took office(tenure length)

Ref

Andhra Pradesh
(list)

E. S. L. Narasimhan

28 December 2009
(6 years, 85 days)

Arunachal Pradesh
(list)

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

–

1 June 2015
(295 days)

Assam
(list)

Padmanabha Acharya

–

12 December 2014
(1 year, 101 days)

Bihar
(list)

Ram Nath Kovind

–

16 August 2015
(219 days)

Chhattisgarh
(list)

Balram Das Tandon

25 July 2014
(1 year, 241 days)

Goa
(list)

Mridula Sinha

31 August 2014
(1 year, 204 days)

Gujarat
(list)

Om Prakash Kohli

16 July 2014
(1 year, 250 days)

Haryana
(list)

Kaptan Singh Solanki

27 July 2014
(1 year, 239 days)

Himachal Pradesh
(list)

Acharya Dev Vrat

–

12 August 2015
(223 days)

Jammu and Kashmir
(list)

Narinder Nath Vohra

25 June 2008
(7 years, 271 days)

Jharkhand
(list)

Draupadi Murmu

–

18 May 2015
(309 days)

Karnataka
(list)

Vajubhai Vala

1 September 2014
(1 year, 203 days)

Kerala
(list)

P. Sathasivam

5 September 2014
(1 year, 199 days)

Madhya Pradesh
(list)

Ram Naresh Yadav

–

8 September 2011
(4 years, 196 days)

Maharashtra
(list)

C. Vidyasagar Rao

–

30 August 2014
(1 year, 205 days)

Manipur
(list)

V. Shanmuganthan

–

30 September 2015
(174 days)

Meghalaya
(list)

V. Shanmuganthan

–

20 May 2015
(307 days)

Mizoram
(list)

Nirbhay Sharma

–

26 May 2015
(301 days)

Nagaland
(list)

Padmanabha Acharya

–

19 July 2014
(1 year, 247 days)

Odisha
(list)

S. C. Jamir

–

21 March 2013
(3 years, 1 day)

Punjab
(list)

Kaptan Singh Solanki

22 January 2015
(1 year, 60 days)

Rajasthan
(list)

Kalyan Singh

4 September 2014
(1 year, 200 days)

Sikkim
(list)

Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

20 July 2013
(2 years, 246 days)

Tamil Nadu
(list)

K. Rosaiah

31 August 2011
(4 years, 204 days)

Telangana
(list)

E. S. L. Narasimhan

2 June 2014
(1 year, 294 days)

Tripura
(list)

Tathagata Roy

–

20 May 2015
(307 days)

Uttar Pradesh
(list)

Ram Naik

22 July 2014
(1 year, 244 days)

Uttarakhand
(list)

Krishan Kant Paul

–

8 January 2015
(1 year, 74 days)

West Bengal
(list)

Keshari Nath Tripathi

24 July 2014
(1 year, 242 days)

Current lieutenant governors and administrators of union territories

Najeeb Jung, a former IAS officer and vice-chancellor ofJamia Millia Islamia, is the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

Office and union territory(past officeholders)

Name

Took office(tenure length)

Ref

Lieutenant Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(list)

A. K. Singh

8 July 2013
(2 years, 258 days)

Administrator of
Chandigarh
(list)

Kaptan Singh Solanki

22 January 2015
(1 year, 60 days)

Administrator of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(list)

Ashish Kundra

18 August 2014
(1 year, 217 days)

Administrator of
Daman and Diu
(list)

Ashish Kundra

18 August 2014
(1 year, 217 days)

Lieutenant Governor of
Delhi
(list)

Najeeb Jung

9 July 2013
(2 years, 257 days)

Administrator of
Lakshadweep
(list)

Vijay Kumar

26 October 2015
(148 days)

Lieutenant Governor of
Puducherry
(list)

A. K. Singh

18 July 2014
(1 year, 248 days)

List of female Indian governors

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of the states and territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Below is the list of Women Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of India.

Name

From

To

State

Reference

Sarojini Naidu

15 August 1947

2 March 1949

Uttar Pradesh

Padmaja Naidu

3 November 1956

31 May 1967

West Bengal

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

28 November 1962

18 October 1964

Maharashtra

Sharda Mukherjee

5 May 1977

14 August 1978

Andhra Pradesh

Sharda Mukherjee

14 August 1978

5 August 1983

Gujarat

Kumudben Manishankar Joshi

26 November 1985

2 February 1990

Andhra Pradesh

Jyothi Venkatachalam

14 October 1977

27 October 1982

Kerala

Ram Dulari Sinha

23 February 1988

12 February 1990

Kerala

Sarla Grewal

31 March 1989

5 February 1990

Madhya Pradesh

Chandrawati

19 February 1990

18 December 1990

Puducherry

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai

2 May 1995

22 April 1998

Puducherry

Rajani Rai

23 April 1998

29 July 2002

Puducherry

Fathima Beevi

25 January 1997

1 July 2001

Tamil Nadu

Sheila Kaul

17 November 1995

23 April 1996

Himachal Pradesh

V. S. Ramadevi

26 July 1997

1 December 1999

Himachal Pradesh

V. S. Ramadevi

2 December 1999

20 August 2002

Karnataka

Pratibha Patil

8 November 2004

23 June 2007

Rajasthan

Prabha Rau

19 July 2008

24 January 2010

Himachal Pradesh

Prabha Rau

25 January 2010

26 April 2010

Rajasthan

Margaret Alva

6 August 2009

14 May 2012

Uttarakhand

Kamla Beniwal

27 November 2009

Present

Gujarat

Urmila Singh

25 January 2010

27 January 2015

Himachal Pradesh

Margaret Alva

12 May 2012

7 August 2014

Rajasthan

Sheila Dikshit

11 March 2014

25 August 2014

Kerala

Mridula Sinha

31 August 2014

Incumbent

Goa

Draupadi Murmu

18 May 2015

Incumbent

Jharkhand

Current Governors in India

State Name

Governors Name

Andhra Pradesh

E. S. L. Narasimhan

Arunachal Pradesh

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

Assam

Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

Bihar

Ram Nath Kovind

Chhattisgarh

Balramji Das Tandon

Goa

Mridula Sinha

Gujarat

Om Prakash Kohli

Haryana

Kaptan Singh Solanki

Himachal Pradesh

Acharya Dev Vrat

Jammu and Kashmir

Narinder Nath Vohra

Jharkhand

Draupadi Murmu

Karnataka

Vajubhai Vala

Kerala

P. Sathasivam

Madhya Pradesh

Ram Naresh Yadav

Maharashtra

C. Vidyasagar Rao

Manipur

V. Shanmuganthan

Meghalaya

V. Shanmuganthan

Mizoram

Nirbhay Sharma

Nagaland

Padmanabha Acharya

Odisha

S. C. Jamir

Punjab

Kaptan Singh Solanki

Rajasthan

Kalyan Singh

Sikkim

Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

Tamil Nadu

K. Rosaiah

Telangana

E. S. L. Narasimhan

Tripura

Tathagata Roy

Uttar Pradesh

Ram Naik

Uttarakhand

Krishan Kant Paul

West Bengal

Keshari Nath Tripathi

Current Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories

Office and union territory

Name

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

A. K. Singh

Administrator of Chandigarh

Kaptan Singh Solanki

Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Ashish Kundra

Administrator of Daman and Diu

Ashish Kundra

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

Najeeb Jung

Administrator of Lakshadweep

H. Rajesh Prasad

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

A. K. Singh

List of female Indian governors

The Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of the states and territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level. Below is the list of Women Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of India.